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Born 1850
From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908), History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881)
MILTON A. SEIBERLING, farmer; P. O. Sherman; son of Nathan Seiberling, whose interesting history appears in another place in this work, was born Nov. 20, 1850, and received a common school education, at the same time rendering his father valuable assistance in his business until his marriage, Nov. 30, 1871, to Fyetta E. Johnson, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Hartzell,) afterward a
Mrs. Messinger. Mrs. Seiberling was born in Norton Township, but her parents were natives of Pennyslvania. They have two children— Minnie Letitia, born April 15, 1873; Mattie May, Jan. 28, 1875. Mr. Seiberling is an enterprising young man, industrious and frugal in his habits, pleasing and courteous in his manners, and highly esteemed by the people of the community in which he lives. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
MILTON A. SEIBERLING, a substantial citizen and successful agriculturist, residing on a small farm of five acres, which is located in Norton Township on the Center road, owns a very valuable farm of 111 acres, which lies on the Llamet-own road, near Sherman. Mr. Seiberling belongs to a prominent old family of Summit County, and he was born on the farm which is the property of his brother, Gusta\ais Seiberling, November 20, 1850. His parents were Nathan and Catherine (Peters) Seiberling.
The parents of Mr. Seiberling were both born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where they were reared and attended school. Shortly after their marriage they came to Norton Township. Summit Gournty. where they lived long and virtuous lives; and when the father died at the age of eighty years, and the mother, aged eighty-four, there were many outside their large family who grieved to lose them from the community in which they had been long noted for their kindness and charity. They were the parents of fifteen children.
Milton Seiberling was reared on the home farm in Norton Township, and, after completing his education in the country schools, he immediately began active farming operations. He remained on the home farm for about four years after his marriage, and then purchased the farm which is occupied by his son-in-law, Robert Helmick, and started at once to make improvements. He removed a house from another farm to the new location, remodeled it, and built a substantial barn, and then set out orchards and a grove of maple trees, and continued improving until his property was equal in value to any of like size in the neighborhood and more attractive than any. On that farm Mr. Seiberling continued to reside, carrying on farming and stock-raising, until in the spring of 1898, when he retired from hard work and settled on his present tidy little place, which it gives him only needful exercise to manage. Mr. Seiberling has always been considered one of the most prosperous farmers of Norton Township on account of his progressive methods and the great interest he always took in his work.
On November 30, 1871, Mr. Seiberling was married to Fayetta Johnson, who is a daughter of Joseph Johnson, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Seiberling have three children: Minnie, who married Harman Dague, resides at Doylestown and has three children — Ethel. Florence and Roy; Martha, wife of Robert Helmick, who operates her father's farm, and who ha had two children — one who died in infancy; and Gertrude, the younger; and Ruth, residing at home. Mr. Seiberling and family belong to the Lutheran Church. He is a member of the beneficial order of Pathfinders.
As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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